The Best Car Dealership I Didn’t Buy a Car From
We set out to make a financially responsible decision and somehow ended up buying a car from a dealership that wasn't our favorite dealership. Along the way, we met three extraordinary people who reminded us that kindness isn't a transaction, compassion doesn't require a commission, and treating people like they matter should never depend on what we stand to gain. Sometimes the most meaningful part of an experience isn't what we walk away with, but the people we encounter along the way.
George Bailey was Onto Something
Somewhere between unanswered texts, sitting on bleachers at volleyball games, and wondering why spiritual growth always seems to come wrapped in suffering, I found myself asking a quiet but unsettling question: Does it matter that I’m here? This post is about feeling invisible in the spaces that matter most—at home, at work, in faith—and the reminder that our worth was never meant to be measured by how needed we are, but by how deeply we are loved.